Recycle Mountain educates MU

VIDEO: On Wednesday, MU students, faculty members and campus visitors who walked through Lowry Mall witnessed a man-made mountain constructed from 8700 pounds of cans, bottles and newspapers. Sustain Mizzou member Alysha Baratta explains Recycle Mountain and what it means for students and faculty members at MU.¦ Erica Zucco

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Missourian staff

Sustain Mizzou, a non-profit student organization at Mizzou, organized
Recycle Mountain, which consists of 8,700 pounds of recycled materials
that were brought to Lowry Mall at MU by Columbia Recycling.

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Sustain Mizzou, a non-profit student organization at Mizzou, organized Recycle Mountain, which consists of 8,700 pounds of recycled materials that were brought to Lowry Mall at MU by Columbia Recycling. The six bales were put into place by a fork-lift. Each bale weighs approximately 1500 pounds, and each bale represents what could be recycled on campus every day.

Jordan Parshall, senior, stands on top of Recycle Mountain in order to announce campus recycling facts on Wednesday on Lowry Mall at MU. The mountain on which she stands is about 8700 pounds.